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Hannah Powell-Auslam on Good Morning America
Wednesday, 3 Jun, 2009 – 12:02 | 2 Comments
Hannah Powell-Auslam on Good Morning America

Las Vegas, Nevada–June 3, 2009– This morning America watched Hannah Powell on Good Morning America.  If you all remember Hannah is the 10 year old La Mirada, California girl who was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  Hannah is doing well, following her mastectomy and has now began her chemotherapy regimen.  Hannah, her Father Jeremy, [...]

Male Breast Cancer- Robert’s Story
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 12:13 | One Comment
Male Breast Cancer- Robert’s Story

Robert’s Story 

I am a 49 year old male that has just survived Stage 3 breast cancer. I had no idea that men could get breast cancer. My story goes something like this. I had this lump in my left breast behind my nipple for a couple of years, I am the type of guy that [...]

Luanne’s Story- Triple Negative Stage 1
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 11:40 | 3 Comments
Luanne’s Story- Triple Negative Stage 1

My name is Luanne Goldman. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative BRCA 1 medullary stage 1 Breast Cancer in June 07.
I was raised as an adoptee and did not obtain my medical history until I was pregnant with my first child. I learned my natural mother (now deceased at age 65) died from [...]

Melody’s Story with Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Friday, 17 Apr, 2009 – 14:11 | 6 Comments
Melody’s Story with Triple Negative Breast Cancer

My name is Melody Wasson and I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer June 12th, 2008. I was only 28 years old. I knew my chances of developing breast cancer one day was a strong possibility. My great-grandmother passed away from breast cancer in her 40’s and at the young age of 35, my [...]

Neoma’s Story..Me and The Big “C”
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 13:52 | No Comment
Neoma’s Story..Me and The Big “C”

 Me & the Big “C”
 by Neoma Quintin 
I sat, unworried in my surgeons office. There was no way that the news was going to be bad “I cant have cancer…I’m simply too young” I wondered where to go for a celebratory dinner once the surgeon told me there was nothing to worry about. She sat across [...]

Kathy’s Story- Breast Implants and Cancer
Tuesday, 7 Apr, 2009 – 18:30 | 3 Comments
Kathy’s Story- Breast Implants and Cancer

Breast Implants and Cancer
My Story by Kathy Lassen 
I am a breast cancer survivor with a compelling story that I hope to share with the hundreds of thousands of women who undergo breast augmentation each year.  It is my wish to fill the knowledge gap that exists about breast augmentation and breast cancer diagnosis.
My story begins [...]

Mel’s Story- The Luck of the Draw
Tuesday, 7 Apr, 2009 – 15:14 | One Comment
Mel’s Story- The Luck of the Draw

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

I moved to Michigan from California about six years ago. I worked in the television industry and left a pretty good career to be with my then boyfriend, now fiance, who was in an accident and moved back with his parents to recouperate. I stayed in CA for a year, working [...]

Susan’s Story Stage 2b
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 16:52 | 2 Comments
Susan’s Story Stage 2b

Susan’s Story…
On September 16, 2001 my mother passed away from an 8 year battle with lung cancer. It was the saddest day of my life. My dad was trying to adjust and my sister decided that she her husband and 18 year old daughter would move down from California to be with my dad and [...]

Bob’s Story as a Breast Cancer Father
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 16:44 | One Comment
Bob’s Story as a Breast Cancer Father

Hearing your only daughter tell you “I have Breast Cancer” is devastating. I thought about Joshua and Micah, my precious grandsons, – how hard this was on them – scared of their Mommy dying.
Of course the good news about it was how God worked everything out for our return from West Virginia. I had planned [...]

Cindy Papale- The Empty Cup Runneth Over
Friday, 6 Mar, 2009 – 13:28 | One Comment
Cindy Papale- The Empty Cup Runneth Over

Cindy Papale -My Story
After being diagnosed in July, 2000 with a stage I, left, multi-focal, invasive breast cancer, rather than have a pity party I would turn something so negative and life threatening as breast cancer into a positive. October is breast cancer month, which is the month not only everyone is made aware about [...]